Rusty Bates was spotted Tuesday evening by an officer on the side of U.S. 1 with another man trying to produce meth inside a plastic drink bottle, an official said.

KATIE KUSTURASTAFF WRITER

A Port Orange man faces several charges after a law enforcement officer caught him “shakin' and bakin', ” also known as making meth, on the side of a road, an official said.

Rusty Bates was spotted Tuesday evening by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer on the side of U.S. 1, in the three-bridges area between Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach, with another man trying to produce meth inside a plastic drink bottle, FWC spokeswoman Lt. Joy Hill said in a release.

The FWC officer spotted the men about 7:30 p.m. standing by the trunk of a car, and Bates quickly attempted to hide the plastic bottle inside of a small cooler, Hill said.

While the officer was in the process of moving the cooler, Bates started toward him in an attempt to destroy evidence of the mobile meth lab, Hill said. Bates grabbed the officer around his waist and attempted to take his gun but was quickly handcuffed.

Bates was taken to the Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law enforcement and tampering with physical evidence, Hill said. Drug charges are pending; the other man was not arrested.